Improvement in package strap-handles



UNITED STATES `handles used in carrying small packages,

PATENT QEEIGE.

SIMEON L. HARRELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO THEODORE H. BRYANT, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN PACKAGE STRAP-HANDLES.,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,994, dated J une29, 1875; application filed i March 25, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON L. HARRELL, of Chicago, iu the county 'ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Package Strap-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Y Figure l is a perspective view of a packagestrap-handle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged verticallongitudinal section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a plan ot' the same takenon the line w x drawn through Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is an enlargedtransverse section, taken on the line y y drawn across Fig. 2.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts in the several figuresof the drawing.

My invention relates to that cla-ss of strapsuch as shawls, overcoats,and other similar articles; and the improvement consists in a rigidmetal bar curved to form the handle, and provided at each end with alongitudinal mort-isc, through which the end straps pass in such amanner as to connect the tlexible bar holding the center strap to thehandle, the upper wall of each mortise having a depending pivot adaptedto take into, or bear upon, the flexible bar, whereby the latter`together with the straps are tirmly secured in adjustment. i

In the drawing, A represents the handle proper, which is made of anysuitable cast or wrought metal, and in the form shown. Each end of thehandle is enlarged laterally, as shown at B, and is so constructed as toform a horizontal mortise, c, passing transversely through the same. Thecentral portion of the lower wall of each mortise a is.so cut away as toform a vertical opening', d, the width of which is equal'to the grosswidth of mortise c, as shown in Fig. 4.. Permanently attached to thecenter of the upper wall of each mortise, or made as a part of the same,

is a depending pivot, e, extending downward to a point near the plane ofthe upper surface ot' the lower wall of the mortise. C is a flexiblebar, the gross length ot which is slightly greater than the gross lengthof the handle. This bar is made ot' leather, or other suitable material,and is provided in the ceuter and at each end with elongated mortises ff, the end mortises arranged to be immediatelyunder openings d of' thehandle when the latter is attached to the frame. D D and E are thestraps, which are made vin the usual manner, and of the requisite sizeto pass tightly through mortises ff of the bar.

To connect the separate parts together, strap E is iirst passed throughthe center mortises f f of bar C, and properly adjusted. The bar is thenadjusted to the handle, bringing the end mortises f f immediately underopenings d d, and each end strap .D passed through the side ot' mortisea. downward through opening d and mortises f f, thence upward throughthe openingand out atthe opposite side of mortise a, as shown in Fig. 4.The straps are then adjusted to the proper position when they are drawntightly, causing pivot c to take into the bar, 'rmly connecting theseveral parts together.

Itis obvious that the advantages of my invent-ion over those handles nowin use are several.

First, it is stronger and more durable. Secondly, the straps are heldiirmly at the proper dist-ance one from the other when secured aroundthe package, preventing them from being displaced. And lastly, thestraps are firmly secured within the mortises, thus preventing them frombeing displaced in the handle 'while being secured around the package.

I usually make the'handles proper of' white metal, which is susceptibleot being highly polished; but I sometimes make them ot malleable iron,and cover the curved portion with leather, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The package strap-handle,herein described,

consisting ofthe curved rigid bar A,onlargod The above specification ofmy invention laterally, and Inortised at its ends, and prosigned by inothis 20th day of March, 1875. vided with depending pivots e e, adaptedto i take into, o1' bea-r upon, tho flexible and SIMEON L' HARRELL'slotted bar C, in combination with said bar Witnesses:

and straps D D and E, all constructedand T. T. Looms,

'arranged substantially as specified. J No. D. PATTEN.

